Sporting gun



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To mdy oonc'm: Be it knownthat I, "'RUDOLF VON From- M1312;v citizen of Hungary, residing at Budapest, in the county of Pest andfStat'e 6. 0f Hungary,.have invented'certain new. and useful Improvementsin 7 Sporting Guns; of

v wlilch the ,following is, a: specification v The invention relates to a sport ng gun, provided with cavities for placing fthere- V makeiit possible to [fit subsequently the a11-. tomatie cartridge ejector simply into/the 'weaporna Upto now, when for-'- instance ,a

' '1 sporting gun was requiredikwith an; au-' tomat c cartridge -e ector,' it was necessary I to make the automaticfcartridge ejector al-' I so'in'the original construction with the other components ofthe gun, .because thesubse-r quentrequipment with an automatic -car-V Y tridge. ejector of a" sporting gunorig nalnot destined for an automatic cartrldge ejector was. either impossible, or could-be done withessential alterationsonly'omthe original gun itself. a

oouldiafiord to buy a gun, equipped with j l Suc s device; Most bf them'hadto be Stiiils:

V tridge ejectorWithout having the prospect fi'ed'swith'a a gun, "without. an automatic car "1at'er,' f when "again in a position to expend somel money on their. hunting outfit to add .to their 7 accustomed pet gun an automatic 1 cartridge ejector as .a last improver'nentl-v the-arrangement, which forms. the

subject of the. presentv invention; 1 these'oonditions', are improved in such a way' 'that to; make; its supplementing 'p'art, are so manufactured 'that the gnnlcan come Ion the;rnarket with or without an automatic r ati i i a 1 a i e i i sii s n 11 9 i r in the" automatic cartridge ejector so as to 5 it is well know n ar mas-fies tridge ejector makes fajbigincrease in the 'pri'ce'and .so "comparatively few huntsmen penditure ofmoney,

i the s gun as iwellf I as the cartridge ejector that it can easily and by-any body be fitted inor removed from the .gun.

According to the essence of the invenf 'tion this is made possible by fitting the com-' 'ponents of ,the automatic cartridge ejector, into -groups,sthatw make compachunits in V themselves and in such; .for they ean be 7 fitted in, or removed ffom; the" gun; The

automatic-cartridge ejectoritself fcan be of? manydlfierent constructions. and it does not form the subject otthe present inven'g lZlOIl. V 1.1 I V V v M s, 11 On' the'drawings'there is a known j'fofr'm of cartridge fejeotor arrangement ir -l Q resented, without however limiting; the

the same arrangement; 7 a Y L A Besides the technical aspects ofthe present invention, there is; evident its" great econoi'nic or industrial :"importance; It

present invention to the employementsgf "makes it possible to 'producewith one manur facturing plant, a' i w eapon which can be brought onthe market withor withoutan automatic cartridge ejector, ,i. "e." thefpro; duction oftwotypes of gun withonie'manufact ring plant only, forLWhich otherwise i two separate plants Wouldjhave,been'necessa'ryi Besides 'itigivesthe huntsman the 7 icha'nce to improve-his p by 'jgradual ex- The ejector device; employedin'lconnection with this inventijbn, is, represented on the anneXeddrawirfgsl-in an arrangement,- that corresponds 't athe inVentiOng Fig; '1

isfa longitudinal sectionofjthe it, has teen, fired and" is still in alock'ed condition, with cocked. ejector device Land with the disengager in active positiofif v 'Fig. 2 shows in'th e' open un theeje'otor as already thrownjforvwarti. hammer. V

s, shows I ricockedYejector-v device-, with'the Idisengager pushedfbackinto" its inactive position and j V PO SitiO IL i. J

Fig. A'is apart sectionalf'side view 7,

chesporting gun, when the ejector with thel'fhammer retained (its cocked r rft "isja partly ectional use; siege grin. arm-.85 V i with cockecl removed striking piece and the retaining component and Fig. 6 is the top plan view of the same.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the removed releaser and Fig. 8 is a front view as seen from the left side of Fig. 7. V

Fig. 9 is the top plan view of a part of the bolting guide, that is in the fore end of stock, while V. V

Fig. 10 is a front view of the lower part of the breech body. 7

Fig. 11 is a view of the sporting gun, corresponding to Fig. 4 with the ejector fitted in and Fig. 12 is a top plan View of the fore end of stock as it is removed from the gun and with the ejector fitted in.

The cartridge extractor 13 will be hurled back in the well known manner when opening the gun by the strikingpiece 9, which is eifected by the'spring 10, with such a force, that the cartridge extractor will eject the shell from the chamber. For this purpose the striking piece 9 willbe retained in its forward pressed position (Figs. 1 and 3) in which it pressesthe spring 10 together by the retaining lever 11, which is pivoted on pin 14, because the lever l-l places itself in front of the nose 12 of the striking piece (Figs. 1 and 3). Thus for ejecting the cartridge shell, only the retaining lever 11 must be swung around the pin 14, to release the striking piece 9. For this end the lever 11, which is pressed by the spring 15 into its locking position, is provided at its rear end with anose l7. Uponthe tilting movement of the barrelthe nose 17 is pushed against the tooth at the fore endof the disengaging slide 2 whenthe last mentioned is in'its forward position as shown by Figs. '1 and 2. Thus, when tilting the barrel, the lever 11 swings 011 its pin 14 and releases the nose 12 of the striking piece '9. In consequence thereof spring 10 throws the striking piece and thus the cartridge extractor instantly back, and thus the cartridge shell is thrown out of the barrel.

WVhen tilting back the barrel, the cartridge extractor 13 will be pushed back by the breech body of the gun in the known way, thus pressing back the striking piece 9 so that the spring 10 willbetensioned. Furthermore, through the nose 17 of the cocking lever 11 also, the disengaging slide 2 is pressed back a little (Fig. 3) so, that the latter gets into its inactive position. The two positionsof the disengager 2 will be determlnedby the springbolt 4-in such a way that the latter snaps into the notches of the slide 2, which correspond to the two positions. j

For the purpose that the disengager -2 may be pressed again into its active position at the firing of each cartridge, it will be so efbe employed for two fected at its rear end by the head 8 of the guiding stem of the hammer 6, that when firing the gun the head 8 presses the disengager 2 forward into its active position (Fig. 1).

Of course, this ejector arrangement can barrelled guns as well as for single barrel guns. As the ejector arrangement is provided only for the purpose of throwing out the spent cartridges, it is a matter of course, that for each barrel a separateejector, and also a separate cartridge extractor must beprovided.

An unspent cartridge will not be pulled out of the barrel by the cartridge extractor 18,which has the usual form,exactly the same way as with the usuaLguns, without an automatic ejector, becausethe disengager for the barrel, in which there is an unspent cartridge, remains in its pushed back position and thus does not swing the cooking lever 11 when opening the gun, and in consequence the striking piece 9 will be also retained.

When tilting the barrel, the cartridge extractor 13 pushes the cartridge shell back by the aid of a thumb 18, arranged at the end of the fore part of stock, even if the automatic ejector is in operation. By this means the spent cartridge in the chamber will be loosened and the effect of the automatic e ector upon the shell will be augmented. The disengager 2, the cooking lever 11 and the cut away part 19 of the cartridge extractor 13 are so arranged, that the thumb 18 does not prevent the working of the striking piece 9 and the cartridge extractor 13, in'operating the automatic ejector.

As it can be seen from Figures 4-10, according to the essence of the invention, on the one hand the disengager 2 is fitted with its spring bolt into the body 20 and the former as a compact whole can be put in or taken out of the bore 21 ofthe breech body of the gun. (With double barrelled guns there are, of course, two such disengager elements required, which can be placed into the) two bores 21 0f the breech body, Fig. 10.

For fixing the above said component group in the breech body, there is the threaded bolt 29. The striking pieces 9 with their springs 10 and the'cocking lever 11 are also fitted as a compact group, being arranged on a special frame 24 which can be fixed upon a corresponding part of the gun. With theconstructional form, represented in the drawing, in the guiding plate 27which is arranged for'fixing the fore end of stock to the 'barrelthere is aslot 28 arranged, into which the frame 24 fitted with its elements, can beput in or taken out as a compact-unit.

This will be done preferably on that side of the fore end of stock, which touches with the barrel or the barrels of the gun. This is the way to protect' this-component gro ip against-outer influences and dirt" and to makeit of easy access after dismounting the fore part of stock from the barrels, for fit ,ting in or removing from the fore part of stock. The fixing of this'component'group in the fore end of'stock willbe done by-Jthe i V by LettersPatent is as follows:

V i." bolt 3l,'which is under theeffect of thespring and its motion is'limited by the pin 32. 7

What I claim as new and desire to secure '1. In a sporting gun of the pivoted barreltype, a shell extractor, means'for forcing '7 the extractor rearwardly of thebarrel each 15. i v open the rear end of they barrel, a-Junitary au-,

time the barrel is swung about its pivot 'to tomatic ejector mechanismdetachably associated with the barrel and adapted to forcibly move the extractor rearwardly when the barrel is swung about its pivot in one xl direction, and hand actuated means for locking the ejector mechanism in position, said hand actuated means permitting theop'erator to instantaneously attach or detach the ejector mechanism to or from the gun. v

' 2. A sporting gun of the pivoted barrel.

typ g shell extractor, means for moving the extractor rearwardly of the barrel when the barrel is swung 111 one direction about its pivot, a fore-stock associated 1 with the barrel and provided with-acavity, a slotted member associated with the forestock, a movable abutment mounted onthe gun, a unitary automatic ejector mechanism extending into said slot and cavity and engageable with the extractor, said ejector mechanism' including a trigger adapted to engage said abutment for releasing the ejectorrmechanism whenfthe barrel is swung I about its pivot in one direction, and hand" "ll-actuatedmeans for locking the ejector mech anismin' the fore-stock, said hand actuated mechanis'm' permitting the'operator to in Istantaneously attach" the ejector mechanism fore-stock. V

3. Inca sporting gun ofthe pivoted barrel 3 type, a fore-stock and abreec'h provided with 7, cavities, a shell extractor associated withthe 1 barrel of the gun, means "for gradually mo'v f ing the shell extractor rearwardly when the barrel is'movedabout itspivot in one di' rec to or detachejector "mechanism fromisaid tion, a movable abutment mounted in the when the plunger is released, a trigger mounted on said frame for normally holding the plungerin a' position in which its spring is compressed, and a nose on the trigger adapted to strike said abutment when the barrel is swung in one direction for releasing the trigger.

4:. A sportingg un of the" pivoted barrel 7' type including a breeol1,and a fore-stockand barrel pivotally mounted on the breech, said fore-stock being provided with a cavity, an

the breech, a frame mounted in said cavity, a hand-controlled spring-pressed bolt for A abutment member detachably co'nnected'to' latching the frame in the cavity, a springpressed plunger 'mounted on the frame, a shell extractor arranged on the barrel and adapted to be forciblythrown rearwardly by said plunger, a nose on the plunger, Ia, spring, pressed trigger mounted on said frame and normally vengaging the nose to prevent the plunger from moving rearwardly, and an. extension on the trigger adapted to engage" said abutment when thebarrel is moved in, is one direction aboutits-pivotfo-r causing the I a trigger to'actua'te and release the plunger.

' w I Intestimony'whereofI afiix my signature.

' j "RUnoLF v. FROMMER. 

